World Health Organization
The Who’s ‘Quadrophenia’ Opera Goes Classical On US Tour
The Who's rock opera "Quadrophenia" will take an orchestral turn as songwriter Pete Townshend on Tuesday announced a...
At Least 22 Die In North India Bus Crash
At least 22 people died when the bus they were travelling in caught fire after it collided with a truck. India has some...
27 Dead As Yemen Army Closes In On Taez Palace
Yemeni government forces fought Saturday to capture a rebel-held presidential palace in the southwestern province of...
Ageing Japan Faces Healthcare Crisis
Kanemasa Ito compares caring for his wife Kimiko to waging a daily war with the devil. The woman he loved has all but...
Syrian Hospital Saves Lives By Going Solar
Neo-natal wards and emergency rooms in a northern Syrian hospital will from Tuesday have uninterrupted electricity for...
Sri Lanka Appeals For Help As Floods Cripple Water Supply
Sri Lanka appealed for volunteers Tuesday to help with a massive recovery operation in the wake of devastating flooding...
Delegates Urge WHO To Develop Blueprint For Public Health
Delegates at the World Health Organisation (WHO) Assembly have requested for the development of a five-year global...
Sri Lanka Deploys More Troops As Flood Toll Climbs To 180
At least 180 people have now been confirmed dead in the worst flooding to hit Sri Lanka for 14 years. More than half a...
DR Congo Authorises Trial of Experimental Ebola Vaccine
The Democratic Republic of Congo has approved using an experimental Ebola vaccine to combat an outbreak of the virus in...
Sri Lanka Deploys More Troops As Flood Toll Climbs To 177
Thousands of Sri Lankan troops battled Monday to get relief supplies to nearly half a million people displaced by the...
Sri Lanka Monsoon Toll Climbs To 164
Sri Lanka's monsoon toll climbed to 164 with the discovery of more bodies of people buried in landslides triggered by...
Sri Lanka Steps Up Relief As Monsoon Toll Exceeds 150
Emergency teams rushed food and water Sunday to half a million Sri Lankans displaced by the island's worst flooding for...
Sri Lanka Rushes Aid To Half A Million Flood Victims
Emergency teams rushed to distribute aid Sunday to half a million Sri Lankans displaced after the island's worst...
US Supports Blood Safety Project In Ghana
A blood safety and information (BSIS) system has been launched for the National Blood Service, Ghana (NBSG), in Accra....
Kidney Traffickers Arrested In Cambodia
Two Cambodians have been arrested for allegedly trafficking at least ten organ donors to India for illegal kidney...
UN Chief Decries Attacks Targeting Medical Facilities
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday warned that attacks on medical facilities are on the rise in war...
More Donors Can Absorb ‘shock’ of Any US Cuts
The World Health Organization should expand its donor base to better withstand the "shock" from planned deep budget...
African Candidate Wins Top WHO Job
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus from Ethiopia will be the next director general of the World Health Organization (WHO). He...
Ethiopia’s Tedros Elected New WHO Chief
Ethiopia's Tedros Adhanom was elected as the new head of the powerful World Health Organization on Tuesday, vowing to...